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We can start playing a show, stop somewhere in the show, watch Live TV (news or whatever), then upon coming back to resume the show or play any other show, we get the error message that Media Center Cannot Open the File.

All I have to do to resolve this is reboot the computer, but it is an Atom processor running Win7 32, so it takes about 15 minutes for Media Center to completely shut down, the PC to reboot, load Windows, enter Media Center, and be ready to go again.

In the Action Center shows 1 message:

There was a problem with the software used for video playback on your computer. The name of the software is ffdshow. This type of software is often referred to as a codec.

But the troubleshooter is unable to solve this.

For codecs, I use the Shark007 with all default settings. It works fine until I let Microsoft Update install anything, and that breaks it. Then, I have to uninstall Shark007, reboot, then reinstall Shark007. [Someone tell Microsoft this is a PITA, please.]

This time, uninstalling the codec pack, rebooting, and reinstalling did not fix the problem.

There are currently 57 of the error messages shown in the title in my Event Viewer for today. The Process ID is always different, and I am guessing because a different file is playing.

No, this issue is not caused by my software. I assumed you were using a much older version. I only stepped in to suggest using the [x] SUGGESTED settings because that will take decoding away from the Microsoft decoders and set decoding to use the LAV filters in the Windows players. Using LAV instead of Microsoft may sidestep the error ever occuring at all. I assist so many people daily that I did not make the correlatrion to the post on my forum.

one thing you can try (because it tests for .NET4) is to open the [Icaros Thumbnailing] button on the Config TAB.
If the interface opens without any error message, all tested OK at least for that programs needs.